ENGLISH 2383x1
RESTORATION AND EARLY Eighteenth-century literature

Slot

We will explore the work of writers, both women and men, from 1660 until the 1730s. Side-glances at the impact these works have made on more recent literature will be a feature of the course. See the course outline for full details.

Texts:

Aphra Behn, Oroonoko (1688) Penguin Classics

Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe (1719) Broadview Edition (2010)

J.M. Coetzee, Foe (1986) (King Penguin)

Jonathan Swift, Gulliver’s Travels (1726) World’s Classics

George Orwell, Animal Farm (1945) On line text: http://www.george-orwell.org/Animal_Farm/index.html

Audio version read by Bill Nighy:

http://www.archive.org/details/GeorgeOrwellsanimalFarmRadioAudio

George Orwell's essay  "Politics vs. Literature: An Examination of Gulliver's Travels" on line at George Orwell: Politics vs. Literature - An examination of Gullivers travels

 John Gay The Beggar’s Opera (1728) Penguin

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, The Embassy Letters (1763) Virago

Matthew Prior, “An Epitaph” (1718), distributed by the instructor.

If you are a student with a documented disability who anticipates needing accommodations  in this class, please inform me after you meet with Jill Davies or Suzanne Robicheau  in Disability/Access Services,  in the Student Resource Centre, lower floor of the old SUB.   jill.davies@acadiau.ca 585-1127 or suzanne.robicheau@acadiau.ca   585-1913.

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